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Notes from the Multipolar Global Front: Navigating Multinational Antitrust Merger Reviews

WilmerHale on 7/8/2025

Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. ...more

Antitrust and Competition Technology Update Q1 2025

Goodwin on 6/17/2025

The first quarter of 2025 brought a surge of high-profile merger activity in the technology and artificial intelligence (AI) space, offering an early test of how antitrust regulators under the new Trump administration will...more

UK Merger Control in 2024/25: Key Takeaways

WilmerHale on 6/12/2025

In FY 2024/25, UK merger control underwent significant changes, including important statutory amendments, updates to the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) rules and an apparent shift in focus when reviewing mergers to...more

What Does the New Administration's First Antitrust Merger Settlement Tell Us?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/3/2025

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed to accept the new administration's first settlement of a merger-enforcement challenge. The settlement includes the divestiture of three businesses and will allow Synopsys, Inc. to...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin – March/April 2025

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/13/2025

The firm is pleased to distribute the European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin, which breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe in the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways....more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q1 2025

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/6/2025

JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more

AI Developments, UK Consumer Law Reforms, and 2025 Revenue Forecasts for OTAs

Foster Garvey PC on 4/15/2025

Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, April 11, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features a heavy dose of AI related stories – including Microsoft’s recently announced...more

UK Approves Amex GBT’s Big Travel Merger, But DOJ Suit Forces Pause

Mogin Law LLP on 4/3/2025

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the proposed merger of American Express Global Business Travel Group (Amex GBT) and Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT Holdings LLC), a global travel and...more

Antitrust in focus - March 2025

A&O Shearman on 3/31/2025

Our global antitrust enforcement report reveals significant increase in overall fines - In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and...more

UK Competition Authority Launches Consultation on Merger Remedies: A Shift Toward Flexibility and Growth?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/20/2025

On March 12, 2025, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on its approach to merger remedies, asking whether the authority should permit more complex remedies in Phase I investigations and...more

Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Year in Review 2024

Goodwin on 2/21/2025

The last year (and particularly the last few months) of the Biden Administration brought a flurry of activity from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the life sciences space, continuing a yearslong pattern of close...more

New Strategic Steer for the CMA Aims to Foster Innovation and International Investment

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 2/19/2025

A new strategic steer[1] published by the UK Government for consultation on 13th February 2025 seeks to change the CMA’s direction, focusing on growth and promoting investment in the UK via a series of measures aimed at...more

New Trump Administration Files First Merger Lawsuit Seeking to Block HPE/Juniper

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 2/4/2025

In the first merger challenge of the second Trump Administration, on January 30, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division filed suit seeking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s (“HPE’s”) proposed...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up – New Year, New Administration

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/31/2025

The new year marks the transition from the Biden administration and its whole-of-government approach to antitrust enforcement, to the return of President Trump. To spearhead his administration’s antitrust enforcement efforts,...more

The UK’s CMA and AI Foundation Models – 2024 Updates

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on 12/17/2024

Earlier this year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an update to its initial report on AI foundation models which presented the CMA’s findings on key changes in the foundation model sector and...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: November 2024

K&L Gates LLP on 12/13/2024

On 29 October 2024, the European Union and the UK government finalized the technical discussions on a competition cooperation agreement. This agreement will enable closer cooperation between the UK Competition and Markets...more

The use of generative AI in advertising: Legal pitfalls to look out for in the UK

Hogan Lovells on 11/20/2024

In the last couple of years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool for the advertising industry, promising unprecedented efficiency and cost savings and innovative ways of creating...more

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, October 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/31/2024

We are pleased to share the October 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin – July/August 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/6/2024

The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q2 2024

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/29/2024

UNITED STATES - - Agencies Revisiting Consummated Mergers - What’s old is new again, as agencies are increasingly scrutinizing consummated mergers from years past. In May 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust...more

Antitrust in focus - April 2024

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2024

Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more

Full Steam Ahead for Cartel Enforcement in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/4/2024

As anticipated, cartel enforcement is ramping up at the start of 2024 and investigations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) are taking center stage. Leadership of both the broader Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more

Antitrust & Competition Technology 2023 Year in Review

Goodwin on 3/26/2024

Antitrust actions significantly impacted the technology sector in 2023 and are poised to have substantial repercussions in the future, affecting both major tech companies and emerging enterprises. In addition to a focus on...more

Antitrust in focus - February 2024

A&O Shearman on 3/8/2024

This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Dirk Arts, co-head of the global antitrust group and partner based in Brussels, is our editor this month. He has...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: What to Watch in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/11/2024

The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more

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